Beyond Meditation

Expressions of Japanese Shin Buddhist Spirituality

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2011
Equinox Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84553-919-1 (ISBN)

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In the wide range of Buddhist meditation and spirituality a very special place is held by the practice of calling on the name of Amitabha, or in Japanese Amida Buddha, using the simplest of formulas, the nenbutsu. Japanese masters such as Honen, Shinran and others made this the core of a profound spiritual experience which has fascinated numberless followers ever since. The deeper meaning of the nenbutsu has therefore become a major topic in Buddhist thought which has been reflected on by various thinkers and teachers to this day, especially in the context of Shin Buddhism. In this book, which draws on classic articles first published in The Eastern Buddhist, major historic proponents and masters of the nenbutsu are introduced, in particular Shinran, Shoku, Ippen and Rennyo. Further contributions, which set the work of these masters into the wider context of Buddhist tradition, are in fact some of the earliest Buddhist voicesA" to emerge from modern Japan into global view. Yet the presentations of writers such as Sasaki Gessho, Yamabe Shugaku and Sugihira Shizutoshi have a freshness and an immediacy which speaks to us today.

Michael Pye was Professor of Religionswissenschaft at Marburg University in Germany until his formal retirement in 2004, and since then he has been a visiting professor at Otani University in Kyoto. For many years he was the General Secretary and then the President (1995-2000) of the International Association for the History of Religions. His writings have ranged widely over the methodology of the study of religions, studies in Buddhist thought and many aspects of contemporary Japanese religion. Major publications include Skilful Means, A Concept in Mahayana Buddhism (London 1978; 2nd ed. London 2003) and Emerging from Meditation (Translations from Tominaga Nakamoto) (London and Honolulu 1990).

Preface with Acknowledgements A Note on The Eastern Buddhist General Introduction Conventions on Names, Titles and Scripts List of Illustrations Part I Masters of the Nenbutsu Suzuki, Beatrice Lane Honen Shonin (1133-1212) and the Jodo Ideal Sugihira, Shizutoshi A Study in the Pure Land Doctrine of Shoku (1177-1247) Sugihira, Shizutoshi The Teaching of Ippen Shonin (1239-1289) Sasaki, Gessho The Religion of Shinran Shonin (1173-1262) Sugihira, Shizutoshi Rennyo Shonin (1415-1499): a Great Teacher of Shin Buddhism Part II Some Foundations in Mahayana Buddhism Murakami, Sensho Mahayana Buddhism Akanuma, Chizen The Buddha as Preacher Akanuma, Chizen The Triple Body of the Buddha Sasaki, Gessho Philosophical Foundations of Shin Buddhism Sugihira, Shizutoshi The Unfolding of the Nenbutsu Teaching Part III Themes in Shin Buddhism Sasaki, Gessho Shin Buddhism: The True Pure Land Faith Yamabe, Shugaku Amida as Saviour of the Soul Yamabe, Shugaku The Way to the Land of Bliss Sasaki, Gessho The Enlightened Mind of the Buddha and the Shin Teaching Yamabe, Shugaku The Buddha and Shinran Sasaki, Gessho The Teaching of Shin Buddhism and the Religious Life Yokogawa, Kensho Shin Buddhism as the Religion of Hearing Takagi, Kenmyo My Socialism Mino, Kogetsu The Shinran Revival of 1922 Suzuki, Beatrice Lane The Shinran Shonin Celebration Editors of The Eastern Buddhist In Memory of Sasaki Gessho Synoptic list of text titles Character List for Historical Persons Full details of original publication

Reihe/Serie	Eastern Buddhist Voices ; v. 1
Zusatzinfo	13 figures
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
ISBN-10	1-84553-919-2 / 1845539192
ISBN-13	978-1-84553-919-1 / 9781845539191
Zustand	Neuware